How long people live and what they die of: life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, infant, child and maternal mortality, deaths from road traffic injuries, suicide, poisoning and air pollution. Estimates of WHO and the UN Population Division — they bring national data to a single definition, which is why they differ from the official statistics of individual countries.
The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births.
1960–2024 Under-five mortality rateThe probability of dying before the fifth birthday — per 1,000 live births.
1985–2023 Maternal mortality ratioThe number of deaths of women from causes related to pregnancy per 100,000 live births.
2000–2021 Suicide mortality rateAn age-standardized rate per 100,000 people.
2000–2021 Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseasesWhat part of all deaths in a country is accounted for by cancer, heart disease, diabetes and the other noncommunicable diseases.
2000–2021 Share of deaths from infectionsWhat part of all deaths is accounted for by infections, and also by conditions of pregnancy and childbirth and by undernutrition.
2000–2021 Share of deaths from injuriesWhat part of all deaths is accounted for by external causes: road accidents, falls, poisonings, homicides and suicides.
2000–2019 Road traffic death rateHow many people are killed in road accidents per 100,000 residents per year.
2021–2021 Road traffic deathsHow many people are killed in road accidents in a year — in absolute numbers.
2019–2019 Air pollution death rateHow many deaths per 100,000 people are attributed to dirty air — outdoors and in the home.
2019–2019 Death rate from unsafe water and sanitationHow many deaths per 100,000 people are linked to dirty water and to the absence of sanitation and hygiene.
2000–2021 Poisoning death rateHow many people per 100,000 of population die of accidental poisoning in a year.
2000–2021 Healthy life expectancyHow many years a person lives on average without severe illness and limitation.
1960–2024 Adult mortality rate, maleHow many men out of a thousand fifteen-year-olds will not live to sixty.
1960–2024 Adult mortality rate, femaleHow many women out of a thousand fifteen-year-olds will not live to sixty.